Had to amputate 3 yr old GSD tail yeturday. Gong to be on some antibiotics. We feed raw. Should I wait til after the meds run out or give probiotics sooner? I know this was the right thing to do but is he going to be OK? any others had to do this? He kept breaking the end of it waving it around in the house. Noticed it bothering him again Sat. Sunday thought I could smell him a little, Monday night noticed very foul smell coming from tail. To him in tues, Xrayed one vertibrae partialy healed and another recently damaged lots of dying tissue. Anyway, I fell bad
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Mitch, I'm sorry to hear about that. Your dog should be on pro-biotics during the entire course of antibiotics, and continue after the antibiotics are finished.(IMO)
I had a cat years ago who's tail needed to be amputated when she was struck by a car. After the shock wore off (mine, not hers) I decided she looked quite fetching with her bob-tail.
I think your dog will be fine...
What should I give him and how much? he weighed 98# before surgery. Where can I find Kefir? Also noticed my good spelling in the last post. Thanks all for any help.
Connie posted in that thread that some anitbiotics shouldn't be given at the same time as dairy so you should post what you're giving or shoot Connie a PM and check.
I've seen dogs and cats do wonderfully well following an amputation. As shocking as it is for us to see, and as sad as we feel about it, animals just pick up and carry on. They are truly blessed not to be cursed with human vanity.
jusy got him home and he seems to be ok. Does not like the E- collar.He is on Cephalexin and duramaxx for pain. Thank you Sarah i did a search earkier and did see that.
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Then I'd start yogurt right away. The best (a couple of examples are Cascade, Stonyfield, and Nancy's, but mainly look at the label for "live (or active) cultures" and "plain" (no sugar or flavorings).
I'd also watch carefully for gastric distress for a couple of days because of the NSAID. I do prefer Deramaxx (and Metacam), as do many people, for reasons of safer-than-Rimadyl, but all NSAIDs have potential bad side effects, so I watch for blood in stool and stomach pain, because the usual first bad reaction would be gastric. (Long-term use would call for liver and kidney values done first and then regularly, but this isn't long-term.)
He will be fine, I feel sure, Mitch.
P.S. You could get a soft e-collar or neck donut .... MUCH less disturbing and more comfortable to the dog.
We've had a few K9's in our unit get 1/2 to about 3/4's of their tails removed. All had extreme cases of happy tail and kept cutting them open on stuff due to their nonstop wagging. 2 are sables and other then looking like gaint hamsters they are doing great.
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